SEC. 20.43. NO DISPLACEMENT BASED ON INCOME.

   Under this Chapter, there shall be no displacement of any individual using an emergency shelter bed based on that individual's lack of or source of income, nor shall there be any prioritization or set asides of emergency shelter beds based on income that would result in any individual seeking an emergency shelter bed from being unable to obtain such a bed, except for the duration of presumptive eligibility for CAAP recipients.

(Added by Ord. 198-03, File No. 030737, App. 8/1/2003)

SEC. 20.44. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

   By adopting this Article, the City and County of San Francisco is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such a breach proximately caused injury.

(Added by Ord. 198-03, File No. 030737, App. 8/1/2003)

SEC. 20.45. SEVERABILITY.

   If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or portion of this Chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or federal or State agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.

(Added by Ord. 198-03, File No. 030737, App. 8/1/2003)

ARTICLE III: PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPPORTIVE TRANSITIONAL EMANCIPATION PROGRAM (STEP)

 

Sec. 20.46.	Findings.
Sec. 20.47.	Definitions.
Sec. 20.48.	Participation in the "STEP" Program.
Sec. 20.48A.	Transitional Independent Living Plan Requirement.
Sec. 20.49.	Notification and Funding Requirements.

 

SEC. 20.46. FINDINGS.

   The Board of Supervisors finds and declares the following:

   (a)   Foster youth are a vulnerable population at risk of homelessness, indigence, welfare dependency, incarceration and other adverse outcomes if they exit foster care without the proper skills to become self-sufficient; and

   (b)   Many foster youth who exit from the foster care system cannot depend on their family for ongoing financial support while they pursue post-secondary education or career development; and

   (c)   When many foster youth exit the foster care system, their primary source of financial support, AFDC-Foster Care payments, terminates at 18 years of age, diminishing their resources for self-support; and

   (d)   Some foster youth cannot successfully complete education or training programs due to trauma suffered while in the care of their parents, and possibly from multiple placements while in the foster care system.

(Added by Ord. 3-04, File No. 031242, App. 1/16/2004)

SEC. 20.47. DEFINITIONS.

   For the purposes of this Article only, the following definitions shall apply to the terms used herein.

   (a)   "Supportive Transitional Emancipation Program" (STEP) means the program codified in section 11403.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code in which eligible foster youth receive ongoing financial support up to 21 years of age while participating in an educational or training program, or any activity consistent with their transitional independent living plan.

   (b)   "Eligible foster youth" means a person who meets all of the following eligibility criteria:

      1.   the person was in foster care and emancipated upon reaching the age limitations under Welfare and Institutions Code section 11401, or received aid from the Kin-GAP program under Welfare and Institutions Code section 11360, and emancipated upon reaching the age limitations under Welfare and Institutions Code section 11363;

      2.   the person is participating in an educational or training program, or any activity consistent with his or her transitional independent living plan;

      3.   the person is under 21 years of age; and

      4.   the person has emancipated from a county that is participating in the STEP program.

(Added by Ord. 3-04, File No. 031242, App. 1/16/2004)